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Spotify

Spotify

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An online app that lets you listen to music and podcasts
  • proper noun
  • /ˈspɒtɪfaɪ/
  • Texting
: Spotify
  • My number one song on Spotify, Wrapped with Elton John.
  • Spotify playlist
  • music on Spotify
  • streaming on Spotify

We are on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and YouTube.

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Examples

  • Did you put our song on Spotify?

  • But you can, of course, choose from other services, like Spotify, if you'd prefer.

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  • Please write a review on Spotify or Apple.

  • You pay for Spotify, we pay for things.

  • Give us five stars on Spotify, on Apple, wherever.

  • Starting today, Spotify users in the US can play for free on iPhone and iPad.

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  • Leave us a review on both Spotify and Apple Podcasts.

  • I made you a Spotify playlist to help you catch up on culture.

  • Personally, I'm happy that Spotify is attempting to pay artists, even if it's not really enough yet.

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  • You can listen to millions of songs on Spotify, making it easy to find your favorite music.

Surface Forms

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Etymology

Spotify is a made-up name, but a helpful way to remember it is to see it as spot, meaning 'to find', plus -ify, a common ending meaning 'to make' or 'to turn into'. So, Spotify feels like 'making it easy to find music', which fits the service for streaming songs and podcasts.